Grandmother, 80, signed by top modelling agency

Took part in charity fashion show as distraction after husband’s death

Signed by top Scottish modelling agency Colours

Appeared on ITV’s This Morning

Does yoga, Pilates and aerobics every week to stay in shape

They say true beauty never dies, and one Scottish grandmother is certainly an example of this.

Former model Marion Finlayson, 80, has been snapped up by a top Glasgow modelling agency Colours, after catching the eye of scouts when she graced the catwalk after a 60-year break.

The glamorous grandmother-of-two made her modelling debut back in the 1940s, and decided to tread the runway once again at a charity event in her hometown Aberdeen as a way of distracting herself from her husband Bruce’s death.

Marion, who is grandmother to Antonia, 13, and Andrew, 11, said: ‘It’s all go at the moment. I’ve never been busier since appearing on the catwalk last year.

‘I actually got offers from two modelling agencies hundreds of miles away in Glasgow.

‘It’s great fun and I’m just happy to still do something I enjoy. I’m turning 81 next month so I think I’m doing alright.’

Marion made her catwalk comeback at Aberdeen City Council’s 50 Plus Festival in August, a staggering 60 years after her fashion debut.

Back in the 1940s she gave up her modelling commitments to become a teacher, but decided to take part in the fashion show in Aberdeen as a distraction from the death of husband Bruce, to whom she was married for 54 years.

Marion, who worked at the Albyn School in Aberdeen for years and went on to work with special needs children, said: ‘My husband, Bruce, died a year and a half ago after 54 years of marriage, a very good marriage, and I found it very difficult to overcome it,’ she explained.

‘But doing this catwalk has really helped. I’ve got to meet lots of new, younger people, which I think is good for me.

‘I even had a muscly personal trainer in tartan to walk me down the catwalk.’